by Tina~in_ut
Last week I went to the viewing of my friends' husband. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. His casket blew me away! The handles were made of antlers and the lining was made with camo fabric. The inside of the lid had a picture of a deer in a field. One of the flower arrangements had antlers in it and another had a trout. Who thinks of this stuff?
While standing in line at the viewing, I decided that I want to also be buried with my Gypsy, my favorite scrapbooking tool! I told my BFF this! (We were trying to keep ourselves occupied while waiting in the long line!) I also told her to keep DeeDee and her sharpie from being alone with me. When we got to the head of the line, I asked my friend if her hubby had picked out his casket. I know....me and my big mouth! But it surprised me when she said that he didn't! She said that they never even discussed a funeral. He had cancer for 8 years and they never discussed it. I've discussed the subject with my husband and neither one of us is sick. I just thought most people would.
Have you made your own plans or discussed them with loved ones? I know it's just a tad morbid, but have you? And if you haven't, may I suggest this casket? It's all the rage~
We haven't got around to discussing any specifics, and we should! If Jim were to die tomorrow, I have only vague concepts for what he'd like to have done! :(
ReplyDeleteWell good grief, we're picking the bottom of the barrell with this topic aren't we?! LOL!! Caskets were not the first thing I expected to see this morning!
ReplyDeleteMorning (or is it moaning?)Whabbear!
I have stated to my family that I want to be cremated, so I don't need a casket, right? Don't they just plop you on a slab of wood, fire up the pizza oven and throw you in? I guess I should check this out more.
ReplyDeleteIf I did need a casket and I could have whatever I wanted, it would be a Star Trek themed casket.
ReplyDeleteGood morning,
ReplyDeleteToo early to look at casket pics, will read it later when I get home from work!
Congrats on 1st Whab!
Hi Shirley!
Have a nice day!
Wow..Whabby got first..you look stunning today my dear! :)
ReplyDeleteCaskets..don't have one picked out. Not sure about whether I want to be cremated or not...just don't know.
Good morning Whabby, Shirley, and EBJ.
Throw me in the toaster oven, turn the dial to high and let-er-rip. What do I care? I'm dead, remember? No sense wasting a perfectly good urn. Just toss me in the bin.
ReplyDeleteMy inattention to detail and lack of appreciation for aesthetics will follow me in the afterlife. Just get on with the show, I always say.
Or maybe I'll just bunk with Tina. Unless she smells.
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny...a Nascar simulated race at the funeral...haha...how many pallbears are you going to have? I mean to be able to push you around the church.
ReplyDeleteShirley I have seen the Star Trek Casket....it is beautiful...
I personally have a used casket...yeah....when we were burying my last husband I told the workers at the cemetery to wait til everyone had left...dump him in the hole and bring the casket to my house.....I just couldn't see the sense in wasting a good casket on him.
It has a couple of stains...that appear to be urine....and some marks that look as though someone clawed at the inside of the lid....but nothing a needle and thread and some Febreze couldn't take care of....I didn't pay to have him embalmed...he was electrocuted and I didn't feel the need to "view" his charred ass...and I buried him the next morning....
and then here comes his ne'r-do-well daughter wanting to know about her inheritance....
I told her that I had spent all he had...which was his $100,000 life insurance money to bury his butt!! $5,000 to the funeral home and the rest for the memorial stone!!
Bear Congrats on being first. Does NASA appreciate how beautiful you are? I hope so.
ReplyDeleteTina Very interesting topic. I love the mental image of your funeral, the pit crew racing your casket around the room, hitting an occasional wall and spinning out. LOL
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the kind of money that Hunter's casket cost. What a waste of good funds, imho. But then again, to each his own. I LOL @ the "Tupperware" casket. I hope someone burped it.
My family knows that I want to be cremated. I guess I don't care too much where my ashes are scattered. I used to think I wanted to be scattered in Hawaii (Hi, Turtle!) but recently Custard and I were both saying we'd like to be scattered in the mountain overlooking our home town. That seems like a nice idea.
My second husband wanted cremation and ashes scattered at sea. Since he had served in the US Navy Reserves for 42 years, we arranged for some Navy men to pour his ashes over the side of one of our ships while they were out to sea. I think my husband would have liked that.
DeeDee On behalf of the rest of us, would you please make sure that Tina is wearing Crocs for eternity?
ReplyDeleteShirley You will already have been beamed up by then so casket decor is only for the living. : )
ReplyDeleteBonach I bet you are exceptional at attention to detail.
ReplyDeleteBebbi Don't mean to be morbid but you should probably try to make a decision and let your family know what it is. Tick, tock.
ReplyDeleteEBJ I hope you're having a nice day, too. It is about 63 here and overcast.
ReplyDeleteGood Afternoon!
ReplyDeleteTINA: All of our plans are in the Will..we're going to share a plot..we'll have to wait to see who ends up on top.. ;)
LOL@ the NASCAR funeral!
BEAR: You're looking radiant today in First! Did you see the weather forecasts for the desert this week? It's going to be almost 80 on Saturday..how about a return trip? :D
DEEDEE: Claw marks? That reminds me of an Edgar Allen Poe story that always gave me the creeps..The Fall Of the House of Usher! Yikes!
J/LIN: I agree..casket decor is only for the living!
BEBBI: I'm just going to let Mr Z or my sister pick something out..they have better taste than I do..oh my..they're in trouble if I don't go first.. ;)
Waving a wing at EBJ, SHIRLEY and BONACHI!
Mr Z called me from work today after his boss took all the supervisors out for lunch. He is an extremely picky eater..he won't go near anything with mushrooms on it..doesn't even like to be in the vicinity of them..he hates broccoli..and Sushi..forget it. I was shocked to hear that he ate all three things today!! Well, he said he ate onion soup with mushrooms IN it..but ate around the mushrooms. I told him if he ate the broth..he ate mushrooms! I laughed so hard at his denial! I just can't believe he ate this stuff. LOL!!
ReplyDeleteZona~ You tell Mr. Z that him eating the mushroom broth is a sign of a true kiss-ass~ I'll be back later.....I have to go text my boss about the latest Grey's Anatomy show I watched~
ReplyDeleteGood evening feathered friends!
ReplyDeleteWHABBY is the prettiest early bird today!
I haven't really thought about my funeral, but I DO have my plot. It was a birthday gift from one of my cousins when I turned 45, I think it was!! The gift that keeps on giving!
I think I want a party. But, I want everyone to cry at least once and say something wonderful about me...even if they have to lie! As far as the casket goes, it has to be kosher, but it can be plain. Just a soft lining since I have a bad back! I think only grave-side services and then off to a shiva house so everyone can eat. I want a purple marble stone!
Hmmm, maybe I should pick the perfect pic of CG to be buried with! :)
Generally, Jewish people do not do cremations, but some of the Reformed have started doing that.
SHIRLEY...I am def going to have to think twice about going to a pizza place again! Don't know who was in that oven before the pizza!
ReplyDeleteAlso, brings many horrors to mind from the Holocaust.
ZONA...YAY for Randy for branching out!
TINA...your race sounds amazing:)~
Bear~ You are beautiful in first~ btw....I think I had a dream about you last night....I do believe the party was at ur house and Huz was there too~ (and the house was in Vegas!)
ReplyDeleteShirley~ Hubby wants to be cremated also....and wants me to be...but I don't wanna burn here AND where I'm going~ :)~
EBJ~ Hi and sorry about the casket first thing~
Bebbi~ Make a list of the pros and cons....casket vs urn.....and then leave it laying around......THAT should get everyone's attention and be good for a chuckle~
Bonachichi~ I KNEW you wouldn't care what they did to you~ ...BUT I DON'T SMELL!!!! that's DeeDee.....you know...that old lady smell!~
DeeDee~ wanna know how i know you made all that up? cuz you wouldn't know a needle and thread if it walked up to you and pierced thru ur nipples~ :D
J/L~ that's neat about ur husband....and I knew you'd have a plan~ I do however take exception with the crocs!!!!~
Zona~ are you sharing the same casket?
Mo~ kosher casket?
TINA...blessed by a Rabbi. No being buried with bacon!!
ReplyDeleteI just got a call from my co-worker, Nicole. She was in a car accident on her way home from work. Her airbags deployed. She is shook up and her car is probably totalled. What the hell is going on here? OY
ReplyDeleteThanks, Judy!
ReplyDeleteGood evening, Shirley!
Bon: I'm with you. It just doesn't matter.
Dee Dee: Are you sure that was urine?
Tina! It's a sign... that you should come to my Christmas Party next week! LOL!
Zona: Well, not next week, but with Jim retiring before Christmas, and planning to live in Palm Springs from mid-March to mid-May, I'll be flying down for many weekends in the spring! Enjoy the return of the warmth!
My Hubby would never seriously talk about either of us dying. However he would joke that he wanted to be buried in his beloved 1956 Chevy step-side pickup, with a pack of Marlboros rolled in his T-shirt sleeve (like they did in the 60s), and KRAK (the country station) blaring on the radio and a six pack of Coors on the seat beside him. He would say "just dig the hole big enough and drive me in." I told him we couldn't afford a plot that big.
ReplyDeleteNo, we didn't bury him like that. But I did make all the arrangements for me at the same time so my kids wouldn't have to worry about any of those decisions.
Bear, How exciting that Jim is going to retire so soon. How about you? Are you going to follow him soon? I was very hesitant about retiring, but the stress of working in a political office was taking a toll on my health so I bit the bullet and retired at 58. I am thankful every day that I made that decision.
ReplyDeleteZona, Good for Mr. Z. Try sneaking mushrooms in one of your next casseroles and see if he notices.
ReplyDeleteBarb: I wish! If I stick with my plan, I'll retire in 9.5 years at age 62. :(
ReplyDeleteTina I was just wonder, is that tupperware casket leak proof and airtight? Any idea of cost?
ReplyDeleteMO Well, that was certainly an interesting and unusual gift that your cousin gave you. I'm not sure I'd know how to take it if I received that as a gift.
ReplyDeleteSacBarb I retired at 56 so my husband and I could spend more time together, travel more, etc., since he was already retired. I'm really glad I did because he died less than 5 1/2 years later.
ReplyDeleteBear Don't complain. You're still young. :)
ReplyDeleteZona I guess you two will be spooning, more or less. :)
ReplyDeleteShirley I wonder if they discuss caskets at Tupperware parties.
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams, HOoters!
ReplyDeleteJUST LIN...I thought it was a great gift. When she went to buy the plots for her and her husband, in the same row as her parents and sisters and my parents, she learned there was one more available. This way I can be buried with the family. Being an old spinster, I have no one else to be buried near. I should have bought a plot next to my parents when there was still one available.
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